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Ana Merino (born in 1971) is a Spanish poet and writer. She is known for her poetry, novels, and plays. She also teaches creative writing at a university.

Biography

Ana Merino was born in Madrid, Spain, in 1971. Her father was also a writer, José María Merino.

From 2004 to 2009, Ana Merino was a Spanish professor at Dartmouth College. In 2009, she moved to the University of Iowa. There, she helped create a special writing program called the MFA in Spanish Creative Writing. This program started in 2011. She was its first director until 2018. Today, she is a full professor at the University of Iowa. She teaches Spanish creative writing and cultural studies.

Ana Merino has written several books. These include two scholarly books about comics. She also wrote a youth novel called "El hombre de los dos corazones" (The Man of Two Hearts) in 2009. She has published nine books of poetry. She won important awards for her poetry, like the Adonais and Fray Luis de Leon awards. In 2020, she won the Nadal Award in Spain for her novel El mapa de los afectos (The Map of Affections).

Ana Merino was also involved with comics. She was on the Board of Directors for the Center for Cartoon Studies for ten years. She also wrote articles about comics for different magazines. She has organized four comics exhibitions.

Ana Merino currently lives in Iowa City, USA.

Works

Ana Merino has written many different types of works, including poetry, plays, and novels.

Poetry

• Preparativos para un viaje (Preparations for a Trip), 1995. (This book won the XLVIII Premio Adonais)
• Los días gemelos (The Twin Days), 1997
• La voz de los relojes (The Voice of Clocks), 2000
• Juegos de niños (Child's Play), 2003. This book was also translated into English.
• Compañera de celda (Cell Mate), 2006. This book was also translated into English.
• Curación (Healing), 2010
• Hagamos caso al tigre (Let's Listen to the Tiger), 2010. This book has illustrations by Francesc Capdevila, also known as Max.
• El viaje del vikingo soñado (The Dreamed Viking's Journey), 2015. Also illustrated by Francesc Capdevila.
• Los buenos propósito (The Good Intentions), 2015.
• Salvamento de hormigas (Ant Rescue), 2022.
• Bilingual Anthology: "Schere,Stein, Papier und andere Gedichte" (Scissors, Stone, Paper and other Poems), 2009. This book includes German translations.

Plays

• La redención (The Redemption), 2016. This play was performed at the University of Iowa in 2017.
• Las decepciones (The Disappointments), 2014.
• Amor: muy frágil (Love: Very Fragile), 2012. This play was performed in Zurich, Switzerland.
• Book in Spanish by Reino de Cordelia (2013; 2 Edic 2014) publisher: publisher website
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Short Theater in collections

• Escenas alrededor de la leyenda de Bernardo del Carpio (Scenes Around the Legend of Bernardo del Carpio), 2013.

Fiction

• Amigo (Friend), 2022. This is a novel.
• El mapa de los afectos (The Map of Affections), 2020. This novel won the Nadal Award in 2020.
• El hombre de los dos corazones (The Man of Two Hearts), 2009. This is a novel.

Poems in collections

Ana Merino's poems have also appeared in many poetry collections and anthologies. Here are a few examples:

• República poética 1.0: Panorama de la poesía contemporánea en español en el umbral del siglo XXI (Poetic Republic 1.0: Panorama of Contemporary Spanish Poetry at the Turn of the 21st Century), 2015.
• El canon abierto: Última poesía en español (The Open Canon: Latest Poetry in Spanish), 2015.
• Spanish Contemporary Poetry (An anthology), 2014.
• Dónde está el niño que yo fui?: Poemas para leer en la escuela (Where is the child I was?: Poems to Read at School), 2006.
• Ultima poesía española (1990–2005) (Latest Spanish Poetry 1990-2005), 2006.

See also

In Spanish: Ana Merino para niños